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[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Hey boys

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53109563
[Nexus 5 General] Creed0:
Could I flash through my custom recovery (TWRP)? Would I lose root, unlocked bootloader, mods, kernel, and/or data? Afterwards could I flash 4.4.3 through recovery?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
No, you need to flash thru fastboot
[Nexus 5 General] cabbieBot:
This gives Spark to those of us on Sprint like KTU84F was supposed to, right?

You are a beautiful man. Thanks from those of us running rooted stock!
[Nexus 5 General] Creed0:
Ok and if I am running Franco kernel do I need to flash to stock first?
[Nexus 5 General] Raggi01:
So guys, im on root and am on a stock rom. I have a couple of modifications like the softkeys and the boot up screen. I also flashed a couple of programs like walkman player and a keyboard. Would I be able to get the OTA?
[Nexus 5 General] intraCore:
You need to set your kernel back to stock afaik.
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Strange issue. I did what you said, and everything is okay except that when I wipe the cache partition, only 59 of my applications need an upgrade after rebooting the device. Previously it would do all 130 or so of my applications. Is the cache partition corrupted? How do I fix this?
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
Wiping the cache partition doesn't affect apps. Wiping the dalvik cache does. You are fine.
[Nexus 5 General] InsaneJester17:
Will this work if i'm on a locked bootloader and completely stock? Looking to update without a wipe.
[Nexus 5 General] david279:
You have to have a unlocked bootloader to flash the images.
[Nexus 5 General] Creed0:
Let me rephrase: would jd1639's method return my kernel to stock in the process or do I need to complete before proceeding with his procedure?

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Even when using jd1639's method? I ask because his guide indicates to flash all files and I think the boot.img file is the stock kernel.
[Nexus 5 General] Criatura83:
Hello,

Could anybody help me out on how to update my Nexus 5 from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 How should I do it???, My phone is currently Rooted, has Stock Rom, Unlocked Bootloader, Stock Recovery, Xposed Framework Installed and GravityBox.

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Thanks for correcting me on dalvik vs cache. Still learning.

Tested wiping dalvik again and i guess I'm just wondering why optimization is only required for 59 applications, when it used to do the whole lot before.

Tested this 3 times now and I cannot seem to trigger a dalvik wipe that requires optimization for all 131 of them.
[Nexus 5 General] pinoymutt:
If you are doing the fastboot method, the process of flashing boot.img (kernel) and system.img will revert the kernel back to stock and remove the additional modifications that franco adds.

If you wait for the OTA, then yes, you'll most likely need to go back to stock since the OTA patches files and will be looking for the stock kernel files.
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
I've been looking for an excuse to start my Nexus 5 fresh. I'm currently on stock rom, with Franco kernel and Xposed.

What's the best way for me to restart it all with 4.4.3?

I have it downloaded already from google, and downloaded Wug's kit. If possible I'd like to avoid fastboot, but if there isnt another way its fine.
[Nexus 5 General] pinoymutt:
What custom kernel are you on? Some kernels (like franco) require a couple of extra steps such as renaming some key files in addition to flashing the stock kernel back.
[Nexus 5 General] alchimia:
I cant flash it.. I've flashed a lot of kernel before but now i have stock kernel..

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] GavinMazey:
Just flashed this odex http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507861 then the ota zip and it worked great. Had to fastboot flash recovery then flash super su from there. All is working well.
[Nexus 5 General] alchimia:
If i flash what you say i lost my data?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] himgil:
I came here to say almost same thing, with some differences.

I have locked bootloader, stock recovery, encrypted stock ROM, Xposed and Adaway.

First and foremost, I unlocked my bootloader via BootUnlocker.

Then, I disabled Xposed as above mentioned user said. Didn't touch either Gravitybox or Greenify. Then, restarted it, and after it booted, using Flashify, I reinstalled TWRP to use my encrypted stock ROM (CWM doesn't work with it). Then, flash the 4.4.1 update, Superuser, rebooted it, reflashed stock rom through Flashify, and relocked my bootloader, and enabled Xposed. Updated Adaway just in case. It only took 10 minutes or so.
[Nexus 5 General] mjs2011:
You shouldn't.
[Nexus 5 General] alchimia:
But i lost root and CR, right?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] hockeyhippie:
Stock + CWM + Xposed

I have stock + CWM + root + Xposed

1. I uninstalled Xposed from within the app, rebooted.

2. copied the OTA ZIP to my phone via USB storage mode

3. rebooted into CWM

4. flashed the OTA ZIP

5. Rebooted in CWM, It asked if I wanted to restore root, I said yes.

6. done!

Worked perfectly...thanks for the info!
[Nexus 5 General] ExDis:
APK's added to stock rooted system

With stock rom, stock recovery and root (SuperSU), no deletions or modifications to system files, but a few APK's copied into the /system folder, would this qualify for scenario 1, 2 or 3?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 General] mjs2011:
Yes but if you have the super su zip, just flash it in recovery. I just followed this process from the stock odexed ROM and it took about 3 minutes.
[Nexus 5 General] ExDis:
RE: APK's added to stock rooted system

Would I just be best served by tracking down the APK's that I added to the system folder and removing them, then proceeding with scenario 1?
[Nexus 5 General] El Daddy:
Additional apks shouldn't effect the ota. Only modifications or deletions.
[Nexus 5 General] Germian:
It would be very nice if one if you could help me.

I was running stock Android, custom recovery (TWRP), root and stock kernel, bootloader unlocked.

I flashed the 4.4.1 update via TWRP without any problems but now I can't reflash the SuperSU binaries, it always gives me an error when I try it in TWRP. I downloaded the recent UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip but still nothing.

Any help, please?
[Nexus 5 General] gado45:
I have flashed only one zip for modifying (raising the db of speaker) but have the revert flashable zip. Will it work this way? The rest is stock + twrp + root
[Nexus 5 General] ExDis:
RE: APK's added to stock rooted system

Used "adb sideload update.zip" and got nervous when it seemed to be taking a long time on the "Patching system files..." step, but everything seems to have patched successfully, and I have been able to boot back into the system, and still have root as SuperSU was one of the files copied into the system folder.

Thank you for your advice and knowledge!
[Nexus 5 General] El Daddy:
I couldn't tell you why that's happening. Look back in the previous few pages. See if anyone else has a solution.

If the revert.zip puts all system files back it should work fine.

You're welcome!
[Nexus 5 General] GavinMazey:
Yes your data will be intact. But you do lose your custom recovery. Don't know if you loose root. The stock ROM did not have root and I flashed root after the ota.
[Nexus 5 General] Germian:
I just used CF-Root and it worked, I'm rooted again. Finally able to go to bed here (it's 2:40 AM >_>)
[Nexus 5 General] shri_chanakya:
I flashed the factory system.img and on TWRP currently. Trying to install through twrp it is giving me following error after verifiying current system....

not enough free space on /system to apply patch. there is almost over 300MB free on /system.

any thoughts how to fix this?
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
does anyone know if it's safe to flash boot.img.p found in the patch folder after deleting ".p" from the file-name via fastboot or flashify?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Just extract the file and run the flash-all.bat while your phone is in fastboot. It'll replace everything
[Nexus 5 General] sunsoy:
Help, I'm in the same situation and when I try to run flash-all.bat, I get an error that says 'fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What do I do?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Google 15 second adb drivers xda. You don't have fastboot setup
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
Lost fastboot stuff when I reformatted my pc, so I've been following this to do this. When I get to the command prompt adb reboot bootloader step I can a device not found error?
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
No idea. But if everything is working fine, I wouldn't worry about it. If it is really bothering you, try switching to ART runtime, reboot, then switch back to Dalvik.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
See the post right above your last one. Google 15 second adb drivers xda. You don't have fastboot setup correctly. Boot I into fastboot with a command prompt opened in the same folder as fastboot.exe and type fastboot devices. You should see your device showing up
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
I had to update my n5 drivers in device manager.

I can now adb reboot bootloader, and activated the flash-all, seems to be working great.

Fastboot devices did nothing though, so wondering about that.

Edit: 2step verification code wont go through the sign in, god damnit.
[Nexus 5 General] spaceman860:
You need fastboot driver to flash images
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
Just before I start flashing kernal and xposed, do I have to do anything else after the flash? I think last time I had to update SU or something?
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
Yea you'll need to flash the latest supersu.zip from Chainfire to re-root. Then download SuperSU from the play store possibly if the app is not present on reboot. Then you'll have root access and good to go.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
Derped and forgot to fastboot twrp again haha, but thanks. should be g2g now!
[Nexus 5 General] AdamUpNorth:
I obviously botched something. No baseband listed in settings and can't connect to my cell provider. I'm ok to repair the damage but would like to know where I went wrong. Running stock rom, not rooted but with custom recovery (TWRP).

I ran these commands and didn't get any errors during the process.

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.13.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot
[Nexus 5 General] Windslash31:
hey guys, i got 4.4.3 running. but now how should i flash twrp into my phone?? and which version should i install?
[Nexus 5 General] tlopez1973:
I just boot into recovery twrp flash ota.zip and that's it
[Nexus 5 General] mpw648:
I had the same issue but after running "fastboot erase cache" I then ran "fastboot format cache" which seems to have fixed the situation.
[Nexus 5 General] gcng:
Same happened to me.

I solved by downloading factory image, extracting, run the flash-all. DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR COMPUTER DURING THE PROCESS!

posted from my freshly flashed 4.4.3 Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Flatuglance:
I'm currently on 4.4, rooted, custom recovery with xposed.

Just to be clear, I'm to do C then B.

When flashing a stock 4.4 to 4.4.3, do I need to wipe or can I just flash the OTA?
[Nexus 5 General] thesebastian:
You can just flash the OTA (and the correct one). From 4.4.X to 4.4.3

Please consider that there is no OTA to 4.4.3 yet.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] :
You are saying that OTA is not available. Should I wait for OTA?? Or install factory image of 4.4.3?

I'm in this situation... :(

Scenario #2

You are stock, with root. Custom Recovery without any modifications or deletions.

Scenario #3

You are stock, with Xposed Framework installed.

And

Dalvik+bionic library optimization installed

Please, Help me in installing 4.4.3 :)

Can you tell me that 4.4.3 OTA update will be less in size compare to factory image? I am downloading factory image and its about 441MB.
[Nexus 5 General] Max-SK:
Ota will be around 100MB

N5
[Nexus 5 General] cdesi1092:
So I have franco kernel, am rooted, have xposed framework, and twrp. Which of the above scenarios do I belong to? I was just gonna flash the stock kernel then do C and then B.
[Nexus 5 General] GtrCraft:
flash stock boot.img, uninstall xposed framework and you can update
[Nexus 5 General] intraCore:
I'm on 4.4.3 and preserved all my data! I didn't think this would work.

Note: I uninstalled Xposed Framework and ViPER4Android (driver & app), flashed MultiROM disabler & restored stock kernel.

I backed up my phone in TWRP to a FAT32 flash drive and then downloaded the factory images from Google and used fastboot to flash radio, bootloader, boot and system.

fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.13.img

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

(you might want to do fastboot erase cache - I didn't)

[If you have the latest SuperSU .zip on your device, reboot into TWRP and flash it. Otherwise, continue:]

Then type fastboot reboot-bootloader, go into your TWRP recovery, select restart and I hit recovery or bootloader.

TWRP will then ask if you'd like to install SuperSU, which I did and rebooted.

Chainfire tweeted that 4.4.3 requires a re-root - that's why I flashed SuperSU instead of depending on survival mode.

Android upgraded my apps and was successfully updated to 4.4.3 and rooted.

I then flashed the latest SuperSU from http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu in TWRP.

I wiped cache and dalvik, which I probably shouldn't have since I had installed Franco Kernel at this point, but I did anyway.

The phone rebooted, upgraded my apps and now it has the latest SuperSU and seems to be working fine! :D

Xposed Framework is working and GravityBox was updated to work with 4.4.3

Note: My PC recognizes my Nexus 5 properly and I can use ADB... until I boot to recovery/bootloader. Then ADB doesn't recognize the phone. I'm probably doing something wrong.

New things I've noticed so far:

The charging animation when the phone is powered off is new in 4.4.3

Tethering tile showed up in Quick Settings

After all this: I reinstalled Franco Kernel, Xposed Framework, MultiROM, ViPER4Android and put back my boot animation.
[Nexus 5 General] takuhii:
Why are people expecting things from an x.x.x update? Guys (and girls) you are all sensible people, you should know by now that an x.x.x update will be minor fixes and tweaks. Battery efficiency, power management, driver updates, security fixes and so on...

Google will be keeping the big guns for 4.5, and beyond...
[Nexus 5 General] inpamcoxie:
Seriously ? I have the same animation here on 4.4.3 .. could you post a picture of it ?
[Nexus 5 General] [XIX]Secutor:
Weird. Can anyone confirm if it happens with every upgraded N5?
[Nexus 5 General] intraCore:
My phone is my camera so I'm not sure I could do that, but it's usually a big black and white animation whereas this was smaller and has green battery percentage text inside it. Maybe it was already that way and I never noticed it?

Update: It shows the usual battery animation and /then/ shrinks to the one I saw. Did it always do that? I attached a still from a video I just took of it.
[Nexus 5 General] inpamcoxie:
I'm using the flashable version by Mr.Vomer and inside the package i don't see any logo.bin files or something similar to it .. Perhaps the adb version has it ..

Kinda cute actually :D .. By the way .. i'm agreeing with all other people that 4.4.3 didn't offer anything new or fresh.. it's just some another "custom rom" i guess .. :laugh::laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] intraCore:
So it wasn't there before? I don't think I've ever noticed it. Well, 4.4.3 wasn't meant to be a major update. It's mostly fixes and improvements. Google's been working on 4.5/5.0 for a while - that's the one with new features.
[Nexus 5 General] SimplicityApks:
I can confirm that the charging animation is not changed, same as before.

just a reminder, that was how I installed it:

How to install 4.4.3 in scenario #2 (stock+custom recovery+root) or #3 (stock+custom recovery+root+xposed) without losing data

On your Nexus 5, download UPDATE-SuperSU-vx.xx-zip to regain root access later and place it on your /sdcard. You don't need to uninstall XPosed or undo any changes you've made to your /system partition.

Make sure you have a NAND backup so you can restore if something goes wrong! Make sure you have adb and fastboot set up correctly (Windows).

Do the following on your PC:

Download the official 4.4.3 (KTU84M) factory image from here

Extract it using the archive program of your choice

Go into the extracted folder and extract image-hammerhead-ktu84m as well (same folder). You should now have these files in the folder (a bunch of them you won't need, important ones are bold:

android-info.txt flash-base.sh
[B]boot.img[/B] image-hammerhead-ktu84m.zip
[B]bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img[/B] [B]radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.13.img[/B]
cache.img recovery.img
flash-all.bat [B]system.img[/B]
flash-all.sh userdata.img

Connect your N5 to your PC and open a terminal

Type

adb devices

just to check if you have everything set up properly. Remember to prefix commands with "sudo " on linux.

adb reboot-bootloader

fastboot devices

(to check again ;), it should give you: "somerandomnumbers fastboot")

fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.13.img

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

On your device, use volume buttons to select "recovery mode" and hit power to enter your recovery (TWRP/CWM)

Install the SuperSU.zip you downloaded earlier from /sdcard. NO need to wipe cache or dalvik cache, just

Reboot your device and enjoy 4.4.3!
[Nexus 5 General] leuuuuu:
[MENTION=5282469]SimplicityApks[/MENTION] I can follow this if I have a custom kernel (franco)?

thank you
[Nexus 5 General] theowner997:
Am I the only one here with locked bootloader , FULL stock, that just waits for the OTA or for a capture?
[Nexus 5 General] SimplicityApks:
Yeah you can, though you need to reflash the kernel when you flash SuperSU as well (or use the stock kernel).
[Nexus 5 General] bitdomo:
If you are talking about the new battery charging icon when the phone is off then that image is in the kernel. The other battery sign with thunder is a part of the imgdata. Check my signiature for changing bootlogo, read the history part in the first post.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el
[Nexus 5 General] [XIX]Secutor:
Is really necessary to flash the bootloader? I've read it's the same of 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 General] SimplicityApks:
Is it? I suppose you don't need to reflash it if you're on 4.4.2 then. (I'll leave it in the post for anyone still on 4.4 or 4.4.1)
[Nexus 5 General] tontiv:
[MENTION=5282469]SimplicityApks[/MENTION]

does the method you posted above wipe the phone?
[Nexus 5 General] SimplicityApks:
No, you still have all your apps and data ;). It only wipes the /system partition so for instance you need to reinstall xposed app_process and maybe reapply your modifications there.
[Nexus 5 General] Max-SK:
Almost same, just unlocked bootloader

N5
[Nexus 5 General] lpganesh:
By mistake, I ran flash-all.bat from the factory image.

I lost all my documents and picture.

Is there any way to recover?

Please HELP!!!
[Nexus 5 General] tontiv:
awesome then! this sounds like the best approach to get to 4.4.3 :) thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] theowner997:
Nope.

Be careful next time.
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Switched to art and it compiled all the apps on the 1st boot. Art is actually pretty cool... Might just leave it and refrain from switching back to dalvik.

Thanks for your help!
[Nexus 5 General] bokagavrilov:
No next time make a backup of your phone on your pc
[Nexus 5 General] busterblood:
I'm not sure. My Situation Nexus 5, Root, TWRP(custom recovery), Franco Kernel (custom Kernel)

Have I understood it correctly: --> Scenario 4 is the right way for me?!

But during flashing the KOT49H stock image, i will lost my data, right? I'snt another way to keep my data?
[Nexus 5 General] iGoogleNexus:
Next time allow backup photos into Google + and upload docs to Drive =\
[Nexus 5 General] spaceman860:
NO you won't loss your data

Just flash the radio, system and boot imgs
[Nexus 5 General] intraCore:
So the little battery with green text was always there? I'm surprised I never noticed it before now. Your post is what I planned to edit mine into. It has the same info, but a different layout and meant for people that might not have done this before. The reason I uninstalled Xposed and certain things was to make sure it worked flawlessly as those things are known to mess up the updates. I'd rather take the precaution than have to restore my phone from backup.
[Nexus 5 General] tontiv:
the method looks generic enough that it could work on other nexus devices :)
[Nexus 5 General] samsaBEAR:
I have stock and Xposed. I obviously have to uninstall Xposed but can I keep the modules and then just reinstall Xposed? If not can I use Titanium Backup to keep my module settings or will that **** something up?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Yes, you can keep the modules

Here is an alternative way to get the update http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53109563
[Nexus 5 General] samsaBEAR:
Awesome, much appreciated!
[Nexus 5 General] iGoogleNexus:
Hey efrant .... :) will you be making a New Topic for Modems? Wonder if anyone can make a hybrid like in the Nexus 4
[Nexus 5 General] :
Please help here

Scenario #2

You are stock, with root. Custom Recovery without any modifications or deletions.

Continue to Section B

on section b

Section B: Flashing in a Custom Recovery (TWRP- CWM)

1) Download the OTA.zip and copy to your phone.

2) Boot into recovery.

3) Flash the OTA just like you would a ROM.

4) Reboot.

I downloaded factory image of 4.4.3 from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

But i did not find any OTA.zip file in that file after extracting. I dont want to backup anything. I dont want to keep my root also and if possible i dont want to keep custom recovery also.

please help here. :(
[Nexus 5 General] iGoogleNexus:
Lol be patient OTA link isn't Available yet. Keep checking back. It will be in at the front of this Post.
[Nexus 5 General] shiny shoes:
you are flashing a factory image. Steps;

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701

there is no ota yet
[Nexus 5 General] :
so what to do with the downloaded factory image?? :D

---------- Post added at 08:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 PM ----------

thanks,, (Y) much appreciated..

XDA is so big I cant find specific one. already bookmarked that.. ;)

thanks again
[Nexus 5 General] efrant:
No, autoprime already has a thread here. :good:

As for hybrids, they probably can be put together. I certainly no longer have the time. :(
[Nexus 5 General] emikaadeo:
Hi

I'm on stock ROM, unblocked and rooted with CF-Auto-Root.

Now correct me if i'm wrong: if i install 4.4.3 OTA update, i will loose root. Can i run CF-Auto-Root once again to reroot phone and not loose data?

Thanks

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 5 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 5 General] theowner997:
Cone on guys, someone must have the OTA link
[Nexus 5 General] ali8383:
When we will receive update to international version ?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
You will lose root when you take the update. Instead of cf you can boot into a custom recovery and flash super su.
[Nexus 5 General] El Daddy:
It's very possible it hasn't been pushed for the Nexus 5 yet.
[Nexus 5 General] emikaadeo:
Thanks. But what if don't want to use Custom Recovery? Can I run CF-auto once again?

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 5 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Yes cf will work. You don't need to put a custom recovery to use super su, you just boot into a custom recovery. Also, if you're rooted I don't know why you would not want a custom recovery if only to make nandroid backups